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Where does “hovid” come from?

hovid (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic *haubud, from Proto-Germanic haubudą, from Proto-Indo-European káput- — head.

hovid (Old Saxon): head

Definitions

  1. head

Ancestry of “hovid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*haubud—
2Proto-Germanichaubudąhead
3Proto-Indo-Europeankáput-head

Words derived from “hovid”

  • hovidman
  • hovidstedi
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